About the Blog

I shall post videos, graphs, news stories, and other material. We shall use some of this material in class, and you may review the rest at your convenience. I encourage you to use the blog in these ways:

--To post questions or comments about the readings before we discuss them in class;
--To follow up on class discussions with additional comments or questions.
--To post relevant news items or videos.

There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Common Core, Decentralization, & Coordination

Governor Brown recently signed AB 484, which ends previous standardized testing procedures and creates a trial run for new testing procedures. These will be computerized and correspond with the new Common Core. This is a good example of coordination, because the federal government is promoting these policies by incentivizing states to adopt these standards. States that adopt these standards qualify for Race to the Top grants.

It is also an example of decentralization, as some states have adopted these standards with slight variations. For example, Minnesota has adopted the English Language Arts standards, but not mathematics.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)